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The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Ram 1500. While driving at any speed, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to be restarted and the steering turned towards the right. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 71,000.
While driving the radio and all dash electrical components shut off for approx 10-20 seconds and then apparently reboot. The truck does not lose power. This happened since purchase and has been flash drive updated approx 4 times and 2 new radio/computers replaced. Dealership has no idea as to why or what causes this.
Attempted to start my Ram 1500, after turning the key the message screen read wrong key fob. My truck does not utilize a fob. The truck was stuck in park and needed to be towed to a dealership. Did some research online seems this is a common problem with 2013 Ram 1500S and can be a recurring issue.
When driving my truck at any speed even a stop the cluster will reset. Radio, ac & truck all still work, only the cluster will restart. I have been taking my truck to dealership and they find nothing wrong with it. They have done a few updates but this will not fix the problem.
Center dash cluster reboots while driving. Vehicle keeps running while cluster recycles. It has occurred dozens of times since I purchased the vehicle. It occurs at multiple speeds and sometimes when I am sitting at a stop light. Now the auto door locks are intermittently working on all of the doors. Have to manually lock 3 of 4 doors.
- Citrus Heights, CA, USA
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The contact owns a 2013 Ram 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled and various warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle had to be jumpstarted; however, the failure recurred. The contact mentioned that the vehicle operated abnormally. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 34,000.
Center dash cluster reboots while driving. Vehicle keeps running while cluster recycles. It has occurred dozens of times since I purchased the vehicle. It occurs at multiple speeds and sometimes when I am sitting at a stop light. I have been reporting this problem to the dealer service departments since it first occurred. No one seems to have a clue as to the root cause. Multiple software updates have not fixed the problem.
I started noticing my drivers side headlight flickering for a few days and now the low and high beam lights are both out. I attempted to replace the bulbs and realized they were fine. The day after, the windshield wipers turned on by themselves and now my driver side window wont roll down. I've been told that it is my (tipm) totally integrated power module and it will cost around $800 or more to replace. So I did some research and cannot believe how many people are having to pay this much money for a faulty part and from the sounds of it, im lucky to have the little problems I do. Reports of peoples vehicles stalling, not starting, airbags not deploying, etc.. how is this not a recall? peoples lives could be at risk.
Center dash cluster reboots while driving. Vehicle keeps running while cluster recycles. It has occurred dozens of times since I purchased the vehicle. It occurs at multiple speeds and sometimes when I am sitting at a stop light. I have been reporting this problem to the dealer service departments since it first occurred. No one seems to have a clue as to the root cause. Multiple software updates have not fixed the problem. My dome lights always flicker even after having it looked at twice by a Ram dealer technician.
Center dash cluster reboots while driving. Vehicle keeps running while cluster recycles. It has occurred dozens of times since I purchased the vehicle. It occurs at multiple speeds and sometimes when I am sitting at a stop light. I have been reporting this problem to the dealer service departments since it first occurred. No one seems to have a clue as to the root cause. Multiple software updates have not fixed the problem.
I was driving my 2013 Dodge Ram 1500 and as I was coming to a stop. When I began to cost out onto the road I hit the accelerator the was a huge engine rev but no power as I looked to the shifter on the dash the D was flashing orange had to put my foot on brake shift to N and then wait for a few seconds to shift back into D and pull away. Had another vehicle been coming I would have been in bad shape. This is at least the 4th or 5th time it has happened and have been to dealer and they say never had any other complaints.
Driving on interstate and gauges radio everything electronic in the truck shuts off and restarts. Lasts for 5-7 seconds then back to normal. Nothing else gets affected so far. Just bought the truck owned it for 10 days and has happened twice so far. Makes me very nervous when it happens.
While driving at 45 mph the dash shut down for about 30 seconds. It has done this three other times and when taken to the dealership for repair, they cannot duplicate the problem. So nothing gets done about it. I am afraid that there may be a loose connection somewhere that will cause heat and burn my truck, or I may get startled as the dash starts flashing on and off at night and jerk the steering wheel and wreck the truck. It seems to me a lot of other owners are having the same problem.
The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Ram 1500. While driving 65 mph, the speedometer went to zero, the vehicle stalled, and the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was restarted and was able to be driven. The failure occurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 7,000.
First off I love my truck. I am however highly frustrated that Dodge can not seem to resolve two issues that I am having. The first I believe is a safety issue. I have had this issue for about a year, and have had it at 3 different dealerships each time they say that they can not seem to duplicate the problem and there is no code stored in the computer there for nothing done. While I am driving around town at speeds of 40-50 mph all of my dash lights and my radio turn off, stay off for about 5 seconds as if rebooting and come back on. The instrument clusters with dials all fall to the left not reading anything. I am afraid that one time it does this it will not come back on and leave me stranded or worse maybe cause me to have an accident. The second issue I have been having is that the passenger side door locks front and back seem to have a mind of their own and do not lock when their supposed to. Same thing two different dealerships can not duplicate the problem and a re-flash of the computer was supposed to fix the problem. They still will not lock with the switch on the driver or passenger side, either key phoebe, or through U connect (remotely). 1 dealership did supposedly change-out an actuator and it is still having the same issues.
On the evening of January 14th 2015, I drove to a local gas station and shut off the engine while I put fuel in my truck. When I put the key in the ignition, the truck would not start and the message center stated "wrong key fob". the truck had to be towed to a local Chrysler dealer. It has now been at the dealer for 5 days. The dealer thinks that possibly the wireless ignition module malfunctioned and needs to be replaced. The vehicle has 37,100 miles. My concern is that if this had happened while I was driving, the engine would have shut off, the steering wheel would have locked, and I would have lost control of my vehicle and may have crashed.
Has occurred 3 times within 30 days. At low speeds between 15mph and 35mph, engine stops, gauges go dead and aprox 6 seconds later the transmission slams into park. 1st time it happened I was lightly breaking & coasting for a stop light; 2nd time I was cruising about 35mph; and 3rd time I was accelerating from a dead stop across 4 lanes of traffic. The transmission going into park after the engine and electrical system went dead reminds me of when you turn the ignition off without first putting it into park - when this happens, a few seconds later, the transmission automatically shifts into the park position. I had at least 1/2 tank of gas each occurrence. I notified the dealership on 1/14/15, dealership says there are no recalls and that I would have to wait 2 weeks before they can check out the problem, which I consider serious. Additional electrical info that may or may not be related: The infotainment system frequently malfunctions - the play list for songs duplicates in the listing, songs repeat two to three times, sd card selection stops working, sd card selection all of a sudden stops recognizing the sd card. The infotainment center has also completely restarted as if it was rebooting.
While driving my 2013 Dodge Ram a electrical system failure came across the dash board and was able to get the truck back home. And turn the truck off now the truck wont start.
There have been several instances where my gauge cluster intermittently reboots itself while driving. I would say this occurrence has happened over 20 times during the year I have owned my truck. I bought it back in of September 2013. In addition, I have noticed that my map lights flicker. Not sure if it's an electrical issue. I've brought my truck in to the Ram dealership for service and they cannot duplicate the issue and unfortunately there are no error logs in the truck's computer system. I have read countless forums with other 2013 Ram truck owners experiencing the same phenomenon and who have brought it in for service with no luck.
Dash light and radio went blank. When they came back on the dash did not work correctly and the radio reset. Took to dealer and they said it needed a new control module and that it was safe to drive. When the new one came in I went to start the truck and nothing worked could not even take it out of gear to be towed to dealer. Called dealer and was told how to unlock shift selector. Since being replaced I have had it back into the dealer at least 5 times for the same original complaint. I had the module replaced again by a different dealer about a month ago. Again the same problems have started up as before. While driving the dash will go completely blank and may or may not reset with out having to turn truck off.
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- Hamilton , NJ, USA